Thanks to years of American Medical Association advocacy, physician practices will soon benefit from long-overdue federal reforms that make sharing patient data faster, easier, and more complete—without extra logins, endless clicking, or expensive add-ons.
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By Stavros Papadopoulos – An estimated 30 percent of the world’s data is generated by the healthcare industry, and it’s increasing at a faster rate than even finance and media. Increasingly, seamless data sharing between hospitals and other types of organizations is proving critical to improving both population and individual health, as well as promoting health equity.
By Mike Esworthy – Healthcare providers serving veterans face a growing paradox: While the VA has made tremendous strides in sharing health data through its interoperability initiatives, the financial and administrative challenges of VA claims processing remain largely unresolved.
Aligning with goals set forth by the organization’s Directory Improvement Initiative, the updated Directory Policy will increase the functionality, access, and usability of the DirectTrust Directory.
By Jennifer Fitisemanu RN BSN – Historically, a patient’s electronic medical record was a way for the healthcare team to keep an account of the patient’s care. Over time, the record has become integral to sharing information with care teams across organizations, documenting quality care, ensuring accurate and timely payment of services, and detailing treatment plans across the care continuum.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services acting through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced a series of investments to help increase data sharing between health information exchanges and immunization information systems.
By Matt Fisher – How and when can data be shared in a manner that is compliant with HIPAA? The answer to those questions is a lot broader and more frequently than many might expect. However, the expectation of limited sharing is exactly the root cause for data blockage that frustrates many individuals.
By Mona Siddiqui – Data has become one of the single most valuable currencies underpinning the revenue models of innumerable companies and promising efficiencies with the potential to yield improved results across every sector.
MiHIN maintains its position as a leader in data exchange with efforts of CDA national experts, openAirWare. openAirWare recently developed MiHIN’s intelligent CCD/CDA parser that interprets and transforms a wide range of CDA messages.